Don't Shoot Shotgun · Def Leppard

142 bars of 4/4 at 131 BPM, about 4:20 of playing, on crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick.

RockMetal120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
131 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
142
LENGTH
4:20
DIFFICULTY
51/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 49-51, 53 and 86-88, and 9 more places -- 19.3% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 131 BPM
DON'T SHOOT SHOTGUN · BAR 51
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

6 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 27, 28, 31, 32, 38, 61 and 7 more.

LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 27-28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 4 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BARS 31-32 · LANDS ON BAR 33 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 38 · LANDS ON BAR 39 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 131 BPM
BAR 61 · LANDS ON BAR 62 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

2 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

142 bars across 16 sections: 105 keep time, 14 are fills, 3 are stops and 2 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 105-133.

PART J
PART S
CHORUS
PART J
PART S
CHORUS 2
PART C
CHORUS 3
9 groovesWJCSI+4Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Don't Shoot Shotgun?

131 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Don't Shoot Shotgun hard to play on drums?

51 out of 100, a step up from a first song, and the work is in the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 31 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

142 bars, about 4:20 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 41 exercises over 13 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom and kick. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Don't Shoot Shotgun?

6 fills to learn, played 13 times: bars 27, 28, 31, 32, 38, 61 and 7 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 142 BARS ANALYSED
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